Evaluation of land-use planning in greenbelts based on intrinsic characteristics and stakeholder values

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-34

  Fitzsimons, John ^a   Pearson, Craig J ^a   Lawson, Christopher ^a   Hill, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Greenbelts; Land use planning; MCAS S; Spatial multi criteria modelling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE;

FOCUS GROUPS; GREENBELTS; LAND USE PLANNING; MCAS-S; SPATIAL MULTI-CRITERIA MODELLING;

LAND USE;

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; GREENBELT; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; SOFTWARE; STAKEHOLDER; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84859894043     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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